Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Graveyard
Banada, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Banada
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Grave Yard
- Coordinates
- 54.03737, -8.81730
- SMR number
- SL037-068005-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
A roughly rectangular graveyard (c. 80m ESE-WNW; c. 55m SSW-NNE) enclosed on the S, W and N sides by a stone wall and defined on the E side by a steep slope down to the river. The ruins of an Augustinian friary (SL037-068001-) are at the E side. There are many 18th- and 19th-century headstones and crosses, the earliest noted was dated 1775. Amongst the grave-markers are numerous architectural pieces derived from the friary, and the area immediately around the ruin is strewn with rubble, broken headstones and tomb surrounds. The graveyard has recently been partially cleared of overgrowth. The enclosed burial ground for the nearby convent of the Sisters of Charity of Banada Abbey, who are associated with Banada since the 1860s (McDonnell-Garvey 1999/2000, 9-11), is at the S side of the graveyard.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- Religious house - Augustinian friarsunder 1 mi
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Stone headunder 1 mi
- Tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.